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Books Update NYT

November 16, 2012
Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'The Patriarch'
By DAVID NASAW
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY
David Nasaw's biography of Joseph P. Kennedy, a man involved in virtually all the history of his time.

Also in the Book Review

P. J. O'Rourke: By the Book

The author of "Holidays in Heck" and "Parliament of Whores" doesn't like to read books about current affairs: "I can write that junk myself."

By the Book: Archive

'Dear Life: Stories'
By ALICE MUNRO
Reviewed by CHARLES McGRATH

Alice Munro's latest story collection includes "the first and last - and the closest - things I have to say about my own life."

'Married Love: And Other Stories'
By TESSA HADLEY
Reviewed by STACEY D'ERASMO

Tessa Hadley's stories observe subtle differences and what they signify.

'Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat'
By BEE WILSON. Illustrated by ANNABEL LEE.
Reviewed by DAWN DRZAL

Bee Wilson serves up a smorgasbord of information about food tools and techniques.

'La Folie Baudelaire'
By ROBERTO CALASSO. Translated by ALASTAIR McEWEN.
Reviewed by JOHN SIMON

Baudelaire stands at the center of this study of 19th-century art.

'Marvel Comics: The Untold Story'
By SEAN HOWE
Reviewed by J. D. BIERSDORFER

Marvel's story is full of characters, on and off the page.

'Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery to Hip-Hop'
By YUVAL TAYLOR and JAKE AUSTEN
Reviewed by KEVIN YOUNG

Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen examine the complex history of black performers and the minstrel tradition.

Up Front: Kevin Young

'That's Not a Feeling'
By DAN JOSEFSON
Reviewed by JONATHAN MILES

Dan Josefson's hero navigates the social world of a therapeutic boarding school in upstate New York.

'On Saudi Arabia'
By KAREN ELLIOTT HOUSE
Reviewed by MICHAEL J. TOTTEN

Karen Elliott House draws on 30 years of research and reporting in this examination of Saudi society.

'The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist'
By JOHN A. JENKINS
Reviewed by ADAM COHEN

William Rehnquist frequently opposed the Supreme Court's decisions.

CRIME
In a Lonely Place
By MARILYN STASIO

In "The Blackhouse," by Peter May, a detective in Edinburgh is dispatched to his home village to investigate a gruesome murder.

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Man in the Middle
By SAM TANENHAUS

John Updike's 1971 novel "Rabbit Redux" remains the most illuminating and prophetic of modern political novels, though on the surface it seems not about politics at all.

Inside the List
By GREGORY COWLES

The science fiction writer Lois McMaster Bujold sets her novels in a distant intergalactic future, but she has mixed feelings about the distractions of modern technology.

Editors' Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row
By IHSAN TAYLOR

Paperback books of particular interest.

Book Review Podcast

This week, Charles McGrath talks about Alice Munro's "Dear Life"; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; J. D. Biersdorfer discusses Sean Howe's history of Marvel Comics; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. John Williams is the host, filling in for Sam Tanenhaus.